Trading and Buying Games - an IFDB Poll

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Games where a significant portion of the gameplay involves buying, selling, or trading items, especially if there are tactical advantages associated with different objects and the player has to decide which things to acquire for what purposes.

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Superluminal Vagrant Twin, by C.E.J. Pacian
7 votes
"Trade and buy the coolest of items." [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]...

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Skybreak!, by William Dooling
4 votes
"Unusual trading with unusual goods" [+]... "Detailed and diverse." [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]...

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Beyond Zork, by Brian Moriarty
3 votes
"Can buy and sell at various shops, often with genuine tactical/story effect." [+]... "Appraising, buying, selling, and trading collected items" [+]... (No comment) [+]...

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1893: A World's Fair Mystery, by Peter Nepstad
2 votes
"I remember this one letting you know if a purchase was cheap or expensive, but avoided exact dollars and cents accounting." [+]... "Offers the player..." [+]...

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Sunless Sea, by Failbetter Games
2 votes
(No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]...

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Rogue of the Multiverse, by C.E.J. Pacian
2 votes
(No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]...

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Gotomomi, by Arno von Borries
2 votes
"Bartering with NPCs is key." [+]... "This game is more..." [+]...

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Let's Explore Geography! Canadian Commodities Trader Simulation Exercise, by Carter Sande
2 votes
"Trading and buying is what this game is all about" [+]... (No comment) [+]...

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Negotis: Book 1, by Robert DeFord
2 votes
"Immediately thought of this game; cool idea but bad design." [+]... "Negotis is all..." [+]...

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Wraith Blaster, by Ken Dibble
1 vote
"(Suggested for..." [+]...

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Illuminismo Iniziato, by Michael J. Coyne
1 vote
"Items to buy, sell and repair." [+]...

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My Girlfriend's An Evil Bitch, by Divarin
1 vote
"you sell items..." [+]...

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El trono de Inglaterra, by José Baltasar García Perez-Schofield and Selena
1 vote
"You have to buy supplies before your quest." [+]...

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Scavenger, by Quintin Stone
1 vote
"Scavenger..." [+]...

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The Lost Children [1997 PAW version], by Larry Horsfield
1 vote
"ADRIFT version has lots of stuff to buy" [+]...

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The Egg and the Newbie, by Robert DeFord
1 vote
"The game is a..." [+]...

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Redemption, by Sam Ruby
1 vote
"Great Eamon game" [+]...

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They Perished, by Bret Sepulveda
1 vote
(No comment) [+]...

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Onaar, by Robert DeFord
1 vote
"You can buy and sell items. You can also enchant food items and sell them for profit. " [+]...

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Taipan, by Art Canfil
1 vote
"Sort of dubious..." [+]...

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